Health care politics and policy in America / Kant Patel, Mark E. Rushefsky.

  • Patel, Kant, 1946-
Date:
[1999], ©1999
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Publication/Creation

Armonk, N.Y. ; London : M.E. Sharpe, [1999], ©1999.

Physical description

xxv, 452 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition

2nd ed.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-439) and index.

Contents

Health care politics -- Health care policy in the United States -- Medicaid: health care for the poor -- Medicare: health care for the elderly and disabled -- Health care and the disadvantaged: falling through the cracks -- Health care cost containment -- Medical malpractice and medical liability -- Health care technology -- Reforming the system -- The triumph of incrementalism: revolution, rationing, and reaction -- Conclusion: health care policy at the end of the twentieth century.

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    Medical Collection
    WA540.AA1 1999P29h
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ISBN

  • 0765603896
  • 076560390X